Syl's Neighbourhood Kitchen

Had a chance to finally eat here. It's a very nice place on the inside with a great atmosphere. I had the Rivet iconic liver & onions and it was amazing. Gravy is perfect and the coleslaw was surprisingly great! I say surprisingly because it's usually not in diners. Service was excellent. Thank you team for the great lunch !!

I understand that when a restaurant is busy they will wait to seat you until your entire party is there. I hadn’t experienced it before but I understand it. I also understand that in nice weather it makes sense to ask you to wait outside (especially if a large group). On a -30 day, requiring people to wait outside is not acceptable, especially elderly people with canes, especially if there is room to stand, especially if they don’t have a car to stay warm in. This is what I experienced and watched yesterday. The food is fine, but yesterday the chicken taco was really not very good and my coworkers were pretty blah about their meals too. I don’t like to be unfair and bash local restaurants but this was a really surprising experience and I will definitely go elsewhere in future.

Today, we brought friends from down south to Syl's for lunch. We gave our friends the option of a few places, he checked the Google reviews and said, well there is a 'hostess with the mostest' at Syl's. We quickly responded, Nikki? He said yes! Upon arriving, Nikki waved hi to us, and we said we were looking for the 'hostess with the mostest'...she laughed and brought us to our table. As usual, the service was great. She interacted with us, asking where we had been, what our plans were for the day...asked how the fishing was.. always keeping an eye on her other tables. We love the interaction she has with us when we go in. She made us feel like good friends, our friends were quiet impressed by her as well. We ordered a couple club sandwiches, one on rye the other on white. Both were excellent, half of the rye sandwich + some of the fries came home for a snack later it was so large. One ordered the cheese and mushroom omelet with home fries (grilled no onions), it all disappeared! And I had, for the first time, the Philly steak. It was delicious, with a nice juicy sauce on it which made it a bit messy to eat.. but one of the other servers was quick to get me some extra napkins. She even noticed or over heard when we mentioned that the ketchup was getting low.... And brought us another bottle, with a 😊 The place is always very clean, some of the waitresses were wiping down a wall, because things were a bit slower than normal. When going to wash my hands, I noticed the beautiful planters out on the patio. The umbrellas were up, but we chose to sit inside where it was cooler on this hot day. We are locals for about 5m of the year, yet Nikki always has a big smile and HI for us, and often is our server, she treats us right and is certainly in the right career for her personality. We've had many meals here, and none have ever disappointed. Will we be back, hell yes! Prices are reasonable Quantities are huge Staff are excellent Desserts are awesome!! (We only get them in the winter)